Sir Kenrick Eyton (c. 1607 – 21 November 1681) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War. Eyton was the son of Sir Gerard Eyton of Eyton, Denbighshire. He was called to the bar. He joined the Royalist army and was one of the commissioners to arrange the surrender of Denbigh Castle to General Thomas Mytton on 14 October 1646.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> In 1660, Eyton was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire in the Convention Parliament. He was appointed King's Attorney at

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

in August 1660 and Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown for Denbighshire and

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in July 1661. In 1670 he was appointed Second Justice of the

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for Anglesey, Caernarfon and Merioneth. He was knighted on 13 April 1675.Knights of England
/ref> Eyton married Eleanor Mutton, daughter of Sir

Peter Mutton Sir Peter Mutton (1565 – 4 November 1637) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 and 1624. Mutton was the son of John Mytton, a landowner in the Vale of Clwyd. He matriculated at St Alb ...

of Llanerch.

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1607 births 1681 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War People from Flintshire English MPs 1660 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub